The Sun. — London, England, 1864-05-04 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day, Judgment deferred. STENT V. STENT. This case for dissolution of marriage instituted by the wife against the husband. The respondent married the petitioner at the age of 17, and after that he went to China, and re mained there some time. Ha neglected his wife while he was away and on his return, and finally he went to Ramsgate, where he lived in profligacy with another female. Rnle nisi with costs. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. In the general discount market there is still a very active demand, and the rates show undi minished stringency. When the mercantile ens• gagements now dna are paid up the inquiry may slacken, but there are no indications of a subsidence at present. A large amount of business is reported in the discount office of the Bank, and in the Stock Exchange loans are in request at full quotations. The amount of specie taken out by the Syria, Which left to-day for India and China, was £152,773. The subscription lists of the Albert Insurance Company, and the Eastern Exchange Bank close on Saturday next. A meeting of the shareholders of the War rant Banking Company was held to-day, for the purpose of confirming resolutions for changing the name of the institution to the Warrant. Finance Company—M r A. D. Depass in the chair. The previous minutes having been unanimously adopted, the business of the meeting was ccncluded. A special meeting of the shareholders of the London Bank of Scotland was also held to-day. Mr W. W. Cargill, M.P., in the chair. A resolu tion was proposed and carried, that the capital of the company be increased by the creation of 10,000 new shares of 1,100 each, to be issued pro rata to present shareholders at a premium not exceeding £4 each. A circular has been issued by the directors of the Oriental Bank, stating, that they have received the sanction of the Treasury to increase the capital of the corporation to £1,500,000 by an issue of new shares of £25 each. It is proposed to allot these shares at the price of £45 per share, being a pre mium of £2O to the proprietors whose names shall appear on the register on the 20th inst., in the pro portion of one in six, i. e., one-sixth of a share for every share then held. Payments are to be made as follows; £lO on June 15, £lO on Sept. 1, and £25 on Dec. 31. Discount at the rate of 5 per cent. is to be allowed on prepayment, and the new issue will participate in the dividend for the six months ending June 30, 1865. The prospectus of the Tavistock Iron Works and Steel Orsinance Company (Limited) is issued, with a proposed capital of £200,000, of which one-half is first proposed to be issued in 5,000 shares of £2O each---£1 to be paid on application, and £2 on ; the future calls, made at intervals of two months, up to £10; which sum, it is at present - estimated, will be all that will be required, The company has been established with a view to carry cut on a large scale the manufacture of Bessemer's and other patents, to construct steel ordnance, and, in fact, the manufacture of iron and steel for all lands of machinery and all purposes. For this end the directors have entered into an agreement with Messrs. Gill and Co. for the entire purchase of their long-established, extensive, and valuable works at Tavistock. The purchase includes several important patent rights, contracts, &0., among which are Crease's Pneumatic Tunnelling Engines and the Blakely guns, which patents and contracts alone, th e di rectors are of opinion, will at once pro duce a remunerative dividend for any investments. The directors advert to the increased uses to which steel is now applied, and the large profits to be realised by the . improved method of its manufac ture, and are of opinion that a sure, large, and re munerative business may be done. One half the shares of the first issue have been already subscribed for. The names of the directors will inspire every confidence in the development of the objects of the company. They are all gentlemen well and favour ably known as eminently respectable, and, what is more, they are all thoroughly practical men. The share list of the Bonelli Electric Company is announced to closo on the 7th instant for London, but, in consequence of some important provincial negotiations pending, the list will not be closed for the provinces Eercre the 14th, A very ingenious contrivance has been patented by Mr. Tent, of Birchin-lane, City, by which the troublesome operation of h anging windows an d beds with drapery is quite simplified, by means of a patent curtain hook, which is so made that the folds of the curtain are in a side of the hook second secured by one lace , and the othe r s id e i s ready for its pon the cornice or on the pole, Nothing can be m ore simple or expeditious fry, t h e purpose than this useful i nvention remarkabl of Mr. 'fent they are with a l y cheap. Two O'CLOCK. B talc! ess recP,onenced this morning in the market for Consols pr amidst c ons i derable depression, and prices gave way per cent. This additional -line, however, brought i n a few buyers, and a rally of / per cent. has ensued; the present quota tions, therefore, are 90-a I for transfer and the sth inst., and 9114 for the June account. Affair* appear very unstttlod. Tl.e New Threes are 871 88i, the Three per Cents. Reduced 88.1 &, Annuities diper Cent s . 14 /. March Exchequer Bills, 8s to 153 n., and June 93 4s die. ledien 5 per Cents. 104,T, 105, and the Debentures 981. The Foreign Market opened with a very flat Appearance, and a decided decline was apparent all round, but a partial recovery has since occurred, urkish 6 and there is very little b us i ness i n progress. T per Cents., 1862, are 701 714 ; ditto Consolides, 61 Alexican,43 /; ditto 11 11 dis. ; Gr eek, 23 1 ; New Loan, Russian S Spanish Passi ve , 34 ; crip, 1 pr em. ; Swedish Scrip, / 1 prem,; and the Confederate Loan, 65 67. The operations in the Railway Share Market have been of a very restricted character, and the few bargains reported exhibit a further decli ne i n prices. Metropolitan have receded £2, Great Western, 1.:1, Midland and South Eastern, each 155.; and Lancashire and Yorkshire, and Brighton, 10s, great political letter-writer. He has given us a clever novel, in no way unworthy of his reputation, but one in no way calculated to enhance the cele brity already acquired by the vigorous pea of "Manhattan.' : COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) COUSEN V. COUSEN. This was a petition presented by the wife, pray ing for dissolution of. marriage en the ground of cruelty and adultery. The parties were married at St. James's, Piece. dilly, and for some time after they resided with the father of the respondent, who was an extensive farmer in Yorkshire. In 1862 the petitioner was at Scarborough, and the respondent at this time was guilty of great neglect of his wife. Since that time she had been dangerously ill from nervous fever, and was too ill to attend the trial. Her de position was read. A domestic in the service of the brother of the respondent said she had frequently seen the re spondent make free with one of her fellow servants, Ellen Walker, and on one occasion she saw them under such circumstances that left no doubt as to an improper intimacy. She also said the respondent treated his wife with great unkindness, although he did it with the appearance of kindness. Ellen Walmer also had seen the respondent guilty of improper conduct with Ellen Walker. Dr. S wabey offered no defence. The Jadge Ordinary said he should consult the authorities whether the conduct of the respondent amounted to cruelty, and he should require further evidence to show that the petitioner was unable to attend. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto Account, M a y 5 per Cent. R e d uce d New 3 per Cent .. New 2i per Cent. Jan. 1891.... — Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 --- Aonuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l4l Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 2os 4 June. Exchequ er Bill s , £],ooo, 2,1 & 3 per Cent. 8 M 15 hrch. 9 4 dis Ditto £5OO Bank England Stk, 41 per Ct. Ditto Account — Inn sav GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 217 Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Ditto Account Ditto 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888., Do Certificates • — Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. Ditto 5A- per Cent., May, 1879 - Ditto Debentura, 4 per Ct., April 1861 Ditto ditto Aug., 1866 981 Ditto BrJnds 11,000 D;2', 1 ;3 under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. • Ditto 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 42 per Cent., 1852.58-60 Ditto 1863 .. Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Ditto Account .. ...... Jliilian 6 per Cent. Ditto 41 pet Cent — Colombian 6 per Cent Cuba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 18')5 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Egyptian 7 per Cent lOl4 Ditto, Second Issuo Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Ditto Account Ditto Coupons - lO4 Ditto Account — Guatemala 5 per Cent. Ditto, 1839 and 1859 Italian 5 per Cent. (Maresamana Railway) 731 Mexican 3 per Cent .... Ditto Account.... Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Ditto 2 per Cent. Ditto Deferred Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) — Peruvian 41 per Cent .. Ditto Account.... I.:At° 3 per Cent. (Oribarren) Ditto 44 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account — Portuguese 8 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account • • • Ditto 3 per Cent., 1866, '7, '9, '6O, 62;3 —‘, Ditto Account 4Bl 4 Ditto Scrip (1863) £3O paid .. pta Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 41 per Cent., 1850 .. Ditto 3 per Cent 1859 .. — Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 844 Sardinian 5 per Cent Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account Ditto Passive Ditto Account 314 i 34 4 Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded — Ditto Account ll4 Swedish, 4 per Cent — Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Ditto Account — Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account — Ditto, £lOO Bonds — Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account Ditto £lOO Bonds 7l 704 Ditto 1863 .. Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent — Venezuela 3 per Cent. Ditto Account — Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account Ditto 11 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in Lond in. Austrian, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins. --- Belgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f — Dutch 24 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil — Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Ditto Account — TWO O'CLOCK. Consols Money Ditto Account, dune .. .. 91i I POLICE INTELLIGENCE —This Day, MARLBORO UGH-STREET. COMMITTAL WITIIOUT A FINE FOR WIFE BEATING, —Frederick Hodges, a working jeweller, living at No. 16, Phainix-street, Crown-street, Soho, was charged with Resulting his wife, Emily Hodges. The complainant, who was decently attired, and had an infant in her arms, said—The prisoner is my husband. He is a working jeweller, but has done no work for some time, having been laid up far four months. Yesterday he spent a ball-crown, which I had received for some work I had done. 1 told him that I wanted the money for the house, and he then knocked me down and knelt upon my chest, and beat me about the eyes several times. 1 screamed out and assistance came. My husband is always knocking me about, and once before I took a warrant out against him, but because I did not appear against him in consequence of his promising not to assault me again, he is always throw ing it in my face, Mr. John Albert Smith, stationer, 39, Upper Rathbone place, said—l was passing through Phosnix-street last night when I heard cries of "Murder " and " Take away the knife," I saw a door open and rushed into a room, where I found the man with his shirt torn, and the female streaming with blood. I went for a constable, and on re turning with one (Searey, 101 E) I found the man being held by a friend, The wife then gave her husband into custody. The prisoner —I was compelled to strike my wife to make her release her grasp, Mr. Tyrwhitt—Did the prisoner complain of his wife assaulting him. Mr. Smith—se seemed in such a state of intoxication at the time that he was not capable of giving any account of it. Mr. Tyrwhitt—l shall commit the prisoner for three months' hard labour. A GENTLEMAN CHARGED WITH ASSAULT.--David Colin Campbell, staying at the Great Western Hotel, Paddington was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with assaulting John Shackleford, porter, at 226,, Piccadilly; Th• complainant said the defendant came to his em ployer's house, a refreshment house, about half 'past 12 last night, and wished to be admitted, but in consequence of the defendant bein g tipsy, and having been informed that he had broken several articles at another house and been turned out the previous night, ho refused to admit him, The de fendant persisted on entering, and overpowered him, and gave him a blow in the eye. Ile then gave the defendant into custody. The defendant said he had no questions to ask the com-: plainant. lie was intoxicated at the time. Mr Tyrwhitt fined the defendant Ns, or seven days' ha. prisonment in default, WESTMINSTER, DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT I'USTLT PurrisuED..—George Webb, a very respectable-looking young man, was charged with being drunk and incapable of taking care of himself, and violently assaulting the police in the execution of their duty. Michael Money, 64 V, said that at half-past ten on the previous evening he was on duty in Gurtler-grove, Fulham road, and saw the defendant driving furiously down the grove in the direction of a large sewer that was open, and fearing some accident might happen, called to defendant to stop, but he continued to drive at the same pace, witness pursuing him as fast as possible, and calling out " danger." On reaching the bottom of the grove witness caught the horse's head, just as he had broken two lamps placed to show the repairs that were going on, and knocked down some boards and barricades, and was about to fall into the sewer. Defendant then got out of the van and catching witness by the back of the neck assaulted him and threw him down. Witness then took him into custody when he struggled and kicked violently, used very bad language, and a sergeant coming up he was taken into custody. Sergeant John Large, 35 V, said he was at his house at the time of this affair and came out in time to see the con stable prevent the horse falling into the sewer. Witness got his coat and when he came out again saw defendant and the constable on the ground. He went to assist the con stable, and defendant kicked at him, and in warding off a kick aimed at his person, received it on his thumb, putting it out of joint, and causing it to swell so. Defendant was very violent, but was ultimately got to the station. Defendant admitted the charge, and said he was very sorry. He supposed he was asleep when he drove down the grove. 111 r, Arnold, after animadverting on his conduct, com mitted him to 10 days imprisonment in the House of Cor rection, The Foreign and Colonial lines are also in very limited requEst at barely previous quotations. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have in most instances shown a further fall in value. British American Exchange, however, have advanced to 33 34; Imperial Bank realise 40; European, 121 ; Alliance, 59 62; London and County, 64; Union of London, 55 57; Hudson Bay Company, 181 19; National Discount Company, 131; and Egyptian Trading Company, 41 1. The following are the current quotations of some of the principal new undertakings :—lnter national Land Credit, 11 2 prem.; Telegraph Con structim, 1a a prem.; Provincial Banking, f 1 prem.; Sabioniere Hotel, t-l 4 prem.; and North Australian Company, -} 1s prem. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 4, 1864. Business don( I A4 - 4 - 4 1411 / 4 Urtnbr39, WreciF of the City of New York CORK, Monday. The judgment of the Court of Inquiry into the wreck of this vessel was delivered to-day in the following terms by Mr. Cronin, R.M.:— " The Court in this important case having given the greatest consideration to and carefully weighed the evidence, as well as the documents and state ments on behalf of the master, James Kennedy, finds it its painful but imperative duty to give judgment that the late steamship City of New York was lost upon Daunt's Rock by the default of the master, James Kennedy, inasmuch as, having the choice of two channels, one clear and open, with three lights to direct him, the other narrow and contracted, and without sufficient marks, and only the eye to guide him at night, he preferred the latter, thereby accepting the responsibility and risk of his ship. Nor was he, in the opinion of the Court, justified in running at such a high rate of speed without having seen the buoy, he having at the time the rock between him and the buoy. A misconception, therefore, of the distance from land and his proximity to the rock resulted in the loss of his ship and the imminent peril and danger to human life. However, the Court, tak ing into consideration the high character of Capt. Kennedy, is not disposed to pass too severe a sen- :ence in his case as it might otherwise have been induced to pronounce, It is allowed Capt. Ken nedy's hitherto successful career to have dae weight in apportioning sentence, but the duty of the Court to the public makes it incumbent on it to mark its sense of the captain's conduct in running unneces sary risk where human life and individual pro perty was at stake. The sentence of the Court, tlerefore, is that the certificate of James Kennedy be suspended, and it is hereby suspended, for eight months from this date—namely, until tho 31st of December, 1864." Mr. Justin M'Cartie, counsel for Captain Ken nedy, said a most important piece of evidence might have been given at the inquiry, but it did not come to his knowledge until about 10 minutes after the proceedings terminated on Saturday. It was, that the captain of the Great Eastern brought her into Cork Harbour at night through the channel inside Daunt's Rock, and that at a time when her machinery was disabled and her steering gear bad. Mr. Cronin—We are only giving judgment on the evidence before us. Mr. M'Cartie—l now give notice that we intend to appeal. It is' generally thought that an appeal to the Board of Trade in these cases is merely one from the employes to the employers, but that is the only course left open to us according to the consti tution, and that course we will adopt, With this notice the proceedings terminated. SHARE MARKETS—This day. Share' Railways. I. Wol., and Sir. Val. Blythe and Tyne. 3 ost.,Sleat.,andMid.Uo Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork . and Bandon Cornwall Do A A gets no CiiN D o. n till 6p cTrtft.has ( p been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Pertin&Ab. June. Lld!nburg - li & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stag Ditto A stecli Ditto EastAnglian st I GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern Do A stook Do L do Gt. S. an l W. of Irelan‘: Great IVestern Do Str gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and filaeiwali Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lou. Ni North Western Lon. & Sw.th Western flan., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Don share 3 Metropolitan midland Do New Do Binning. & Derby Qt. W. of Ireland Do. .1 shares Mid Kent ... $ 8 9 83 3 E 5 1183 1193 Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, Lt Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwiei; Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle North London 1 0.16.4 Do New . North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction, Scottish Central Scot N. E Aber. stock Do Soot. 'Mid. stock - .'. Shrews. and Welohpoo, Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok.,and Wok Stockton & Darlington, Do Do New, 'MG [ Taff Vale.. Do B ---- •• • • Do (.3 Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland Oxford — Do Newport Do Hereford 100 100 100 100 100 6 7 35 32 16 17 88 00 101 106 46 47 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. Paid. Closing Business Price. done. 135} 5 63j 3 109} 102 1 97 i 531 1 111 9 1101 NI i BRITISH P Share ! attiwxya stock steak stock stook a took stook stock stock 20 stock stock stock stook & St Lawrence 5 Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind Gu, 5 per Do. Ne'.v •• ..... Do. E. Shares,. Buffalo and Laxe Huron Do. Preference J Buffalo,Brant,&Godrich 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 18;2 Do. do. July 1, 187 Do. do, June 1, 1874 Clcutta.kS.Essin. Cape Town cf.; Dock Scrii C Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext..... Do. do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deterred...... Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d Pref. stock ... Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred...... (3 t. In diaPenin. gua.sp.o Do. New guts. 5 p. c... Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per oeut. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New .. •• • Do. 6.0. '73 with't opt. Do. S ip. o. do. '77-8.... Indian Branch Limited Madras, guar., 5 p. o. Do. 4f p. o. Extension De, Do. Fifth Extension. Melb.Corp. 6 p. c. Bnds. Melb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. u Illortg. Bds. Newßrur.swiok Cande Claes A and B. -- N.ltl.C'da6 po Ist pi bds Soinde ......, .. Do. Delhi li -Pg Do. do Do. Punjaub .... r ' a c; Do. Do. Do. Indus.St Flo.) COLONIAL GOVERN p.e.J s. &Jul) - 1877-s4 Irl Do. Bp. c. Feb. & Aug. 101 Do. 6p. c. Mar. dz Sept. 101 Do. Ep. c. Jan.&July. 10 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 1( Cape G.Hope, 6 p c,1873 10 Do.Ap & Oct. 1830 10! Do. 18 Do. Jan. & July, 1891. 00 . 10; Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 10 , ;Mauritius 8 per cent .. 101 INatal Gov. 6 per cent.. 101 N..8.G0v. 6 p.c.) a.&July 101 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 101 N. S.W. G ov. 5 p a., 18,t 101 Du. sp. c.,18t1 to 162( 10( - Do. d0.,1888 & upwds 101 New Zealand 6 p cent. 101 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. C. sterling, 1875. lOl Queensland Gcv. 6p. c. 101 S. Aus G6p.c.1678.& up.. 101 Vio.Gov. °p.c. Ja.&July 101 Do. to e. p.c. A0...t001.. It z utinioriau Consoi. Gold eliflord Amalgamated Deno G. Conn. (Tavist ) East Bassett (Illogan) East Clog - au Gold Ltd East Caradon ...... East Cara Brea... E. W'l Russel (Tavistk.) - lilam.&StAubyn(Gwen ; —.Great South Tolgus , G. Wheal Vor (Ilelsten f4renville tlercki's-Poot flingston Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (llny Lelant Marke V alley.. E Ilyndy Iron Ore (Lim ) New Seton •• North Downa N. W 'I Basset ( Mogan, North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St Blazey) 9 Providence (Uny Leint.) • South Caradon(St Clear, S. Carn Brea (Illogan) S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan) Stray Park Tamar Silv.iz Lead Him fin Cron West Basset (Illogan) W Cr radon (Liskeard) West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) Wheal Buller (Itedruth) Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) WhealLudcott Wheal IllaryAnn ,:den ) Wheal 3eton Wheal Trelawney (Lie ) Wheal Union 24 19? 21 3.1.0 2.6.9 10 0.7 BRITISH MINES. 6i 7i 1281 1291 1241 I?si 130 91 93 631 61 1(94 110 64 66 101 103 42 43 1C94 110 97 98 631 S 4 1.2 113 101 2:30 100 IC2 51 62 24i 25j 101 101 564 674 894 904 128 131 14 24 P 77 • 79 14 11} 121 123 30 40 64 66 33 35 90& 91 103 105 8 9 361 374 94 10 8 84 I, 165 170 5 7 a E p 96 03 ;SIGNS. Closing Price. 59 60 ]o2} inn id ip 4 6f 8f 94 77 82 77 88 77 82 100 (02 ge 101 103 105 1034 104 P 4 1 20 204 71 13 81 63 61 63 51 63 48 60 40 42 284 274 23 C 8 103 104 P 102 103 10f 10f 1000 6 94 95 83 85 101 f 102 IP f 95 97 90 9! 58 60 3 5 82 84 102/ 1033 101 102 P iP tot 102 ►5 97 MEAT SECURITIES. H 108 109 110 112 The Drawing Room. By command of the Queen, a drawing room was held yesterday at St. James's Palace by her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, on behalf of her Majesty. Presentations to her Royal Highness at this Court are, by the Queen's pleasure, to be considered as equivalent to presentations to her Majesty. The Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by the ladies and gentlemen in waiting, and escorted by a detachment of the Royal Horse Guards, proceeded from Marlborough house, and arrived at St. James's Palace at about 2 o'clock, where their Royal Highnesses were received by the Mistress of the Robes and the great officers of state of the Queen's household. Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Cambridge ar rived at the Palace, attended by Lady Geraldine Somerset and Colonel IL Purves. Their Royal Highnesses the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz arrived, attended by Lady Caroline Cust and Baron Plesson. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived, attended by his Equerry, Colonel Tyrwhitt. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar was present at the drawing room. Her Majesty's Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms was on duty in the state saloons, under the command of the Lieutenant. The Royal Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard were on duty under the command of Colonel Bourke, the Exon in Waiting. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales took her sta tion in front of the Throne, accompanied by the Prince of Wales and the other members of the Royal Family. In attendance on the Princess of Wales were the Duchess of 'Wellington, Mistress of the Robes to the Queen, the Marchioness of Ely, the Countess of Caledon, the Vis countess Jocelyn, and the Lady Churchill in Waiting, Ladies of the Bedchamber to the Queen ; the Lady Char lotte Copley and Viscountess Forbes in 'Waiting, Bed chamber Women to the Queen; the Countess De Grey, Lady of the Bedchamber to the Princess of Wales; the Hon. Mrs. William C. Grey, Bedchamber Woman to the Princess of Wales; the Hon. Lucy Maria Kerr, the Hon. Caroline Fanny Cavendish, the Hon. Horatio Charlotte Stopford, the Hon. Harriett Phipps, with the Hon. Emily Cathcart and the Hon. Emma Lascelles in 'Waiting, Maids of Honour to the Queen; the Earl of St. Germans, Lords Stewart ; the Viscount Sydney, Lord Chamberlain ; Vis count Torrington, Lord in Waiting to the Queen; Colonel Francis Seymour, C 8., Groom in Waiting to the Queen; Major-General F. H. Seymour, Equerry in 'Waiting to the Queen; Lord Proby, Controller of the Queen's Household; Viscount Castlerosse, Vice-Chamberlain; the Marquis of Abercorn, acting for Earl Spencer, Groom of the Stole to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales; Lieut.-General Knollys, Controller and Treasurer of the Prince's House hold; Lord Harris. Chamberlain to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales ; Lord Alfred Hervey, Lord of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales ; the Hon. Robert H. Meade, Groom of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales; Major Teesdale, Equerry to the Prince of Wales; and Mr. Loftus and Mr. Paget, Pages of Honour in Waiting to the Queen. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales wore a train of rich black silk, trimmed with crape and jet ornaments; a petticoat of black silk covered with crape and bouillonnees of black tulle, ornamented with jet stars and butterflies; head dress, tiara of jet with black feathers and veile. Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Cambridge wore a train of rich black corded silk, trimmed with ruches of silk point d'Alencon and bouquet of silver whcatears ; a petticoat of black silk covered with tulle, trimmed with point d'Alencon and silver wheatears ; head dress, a diadem of diamonds mounted with silver wheatears, feathers, and silver tulle veil ; stomacher, necklace, and earrings of pearls and diamonds. Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess of Meeklen burg-Strelitz wore a black satin train, trimmed with lace; a petticoat of moire antique, trimmed with rich lace and satin riband ; a stomacher of pearls and diamonds, a dia mond necklace, and a diamond of pearls and diamonds, with white feathers and white veil. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales wore the uniform of the 10th Hussars, of which regiment his Royal Highnesss is colonel, with the order of the Garter and the Star of India. The Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers having been introduced in the order of their precedence, the following had the honour of being presented to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, on behalf of her Majesty the Queen : By his Excellency the Austrian Ambassador—M. de Biegeleben, Privy Councillor to his Majesty the Emperor and Plenipotentiary. By his Excellency the Prussian Ambassador—M. de Balan, Actual Privy Councillor of the King and Plenipo tentiary. By the Danish Minister—Baron Holger de Rosenkrantz, Secretary to the Legation ; Baron de Guldenkrone, Cham berlain to his Majesty the King. and Councillor of Lega tion; and Baron de Bertouch, Chamberlain to the King and Councillor of Legation. By the Right Hon, the Secretary of State—His Excel lency the Baron de Beust, Plenipotentiary of the Germanic Confederation. Oa this occasion the Lady Mary Wood officiated for the Countess Russell, and the Earl De Grey and Ripon offi ciated for Earl Russell. The diplomatic circle was attended by the Turkish Am bassador and Madame Musurus; Khalil Effendi, First Se cretary of Emba ss y ; Etienne Musurus B e y, S ecre t ar y o f Embassy ; and P au l M usurus Bey, Attac hé ; th e A us t r i an Ambassador and th e Countess Apponyi, Count Wimpffen, Councillor of E m b assy; Count Kalnoky, S ecre t ary o f Em bassy ; Prince P au l E sterhazy, Prince Yzen b erg , an d C o unt A. Apponyi, Attaches; the Russian Ambassador and the Baroness de Brunnow, M. Sabouroff, Councillor of Embassy, Baron Freedericksz, Secretary of Embassy, and Baron B. do Vietinghoff Scheel, Attache; the Prussian Ambassador and M. Frederic de Katte, First Secretary of Embassy; the French Ambassador, the Marquis and Marquise de Cadore and the Vi comte de Virel ; the Belg i an Mi n i s t er , M. M. Delfos se , C ouncillor of Legation; and Baron B. Whettnal, Att ac h e ; the Italian Minister and C oun t Maffei, First Secretary of Legation; the Portuguese Minister, and th e Chevalier Santos, Secretary; the Saxon Minister, the Da n i s h Minister (M. de Bille), M. de Quaade, M. de Krieger, M. C. A. Gosch and Madame A. Gosch; the United States' Minister, with Mrs. Adams, and Mr Benjamin Morgan, Second Secretary of Legation; the Swedish and Norwegian Minister and the Countess Wacht meister ; the Netherlands Minister and Baron Mackay, Attache ; the Peruvian Minister, the Spanish Minister, Madame de Comyn, and the Duke de Granada, Attache; the Haytian Minister, the Hanoverian Charge d'Affaires, M. C. Tricoupi, the Greek Plenipotentiary; the two Pleni potentiaries from Madagascar, with their interpreter, the Rev. John Duffus ; the Earl de Grey and Ripon, Secretary of State for War ; and the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, K.C,H., Master of the Ceremonies to the Queen. Her Excellency the Countess of Bernstoff was unable to attend the Drawing-room, not quite having recovered from her late illness, The Baron and Baroness de Cetto were also unable to attend by reason of the recent death of her Imperial and Royal Highness the late Princess of Luitpold of Bavaria. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. —Their Royal High nesses the Prince and Princess of Wales honoured the performances at the R o y a l I talian Opera with their presence last evening at the repetition of "Un Ballo in Maschera." Their Royal Highnesses were accompanied by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge. the p party fashionable comp a ny, among yth occupying her Majesty's box. Grand Duchess of ;Mec kl snburg-Strelitz, and the Princess TMhae Mary, ythe illustrious house was crowded whom were observed the D uke and Duches s o f Ri c h mon d and the Ladies Gordon L e nnox, the Duke of M on t rose an d Lady Agnes Murray, the P rince de la Tour d'A uvergne , the Countess Dowager of Westmoreland, the Earl of Coventry, the Earl and Countess of Uxbridge, the Earl and Countess of Westmoreland, the French Ambassador, the Earl and Countess of Hopetouri, the Duke of Granada, Colonel the Hon. James Macdonald and Mrs. Macdonald and the Hon. Miss Blake, Lord and Lady Stanley of Alder ley and the Hon. Misses Stanley, Lady Geraldine Somerset and the Hon. Mrs. Grey, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. R. Curzon, Captain and Lady Edith Abney Hastings, Lord and Lady Wodehouse, the Belgian Minister, Lady Langdale, Lady Molesworth, &c. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS AT COPENHAGEN, THE SEAT OF WAR IN D EI I M AEL — Ttrites, Gallenga ; Daily News, Skinner; Daily Telegraph, Dicey; 0. Commettant ; Patric, D'Arnoult ; Opinion ,Nationale, Louis Noir ; 31oniteur de l' .Armde, Fdvrior. PERILS OF PLAY-WRITING.—It is a favourite theory with some people, that any one capable of writing a good story is necessarily competent to produce a good play. No greater mistake can be made. When we have named Fielding, Goldsmith, Hook, Mitford, Jerrold, Inch bald,Bulwer,and Reade, we have we think exhausted the list of writers successful in both walks of literature. Indeed,there is no comparison in the risk of failure in the two cases. A novelist may achieve success spite of a few badly-drawn characters, a dull chapter or two, a poor plot, or an unsa tisfactory denouement. But one poor scene, one obnoxious character, one weak situation, will suffice to ruin a play. An unlucky sentence even has sometimes brought a piece to grief. Dryden is said to have lost his author's night on one occasion by making his heroine say--" My wound is great because it is so small," and affording the Duke of Buckingham the opportunity of displaying his wit, by ejaculating, " Then 'would be greater were it none at all!" And a tragedy, in which Garrick played an aged king, proceeded safely through four acts, till the monarch, when dying, divided his realm between his two sons, with the words, " Between you I bequeath my crown;" upon which a malicious pittite exclaimed, " Ye gods, he's given them half-a-crown apiece!" after which no more of the tragedy was heard,—Chambers's Journal. Fearful Weather in the Atlantic. The latest advices received from New York re port the prevalence of very heavy weather it, the Atlantic. Several vessels which had left that port had returned in a disabled state, while the arrivals from Europe also reported having encountered fearful weather. The ship Henry, which left New York for Rotterdam March 19, encountered a sue- cession of heavy N. and N.E. gales from the time of her departure ; and on the sth of April, in lat. 30 18, long. 59 44, during a gale from the E.N.E. wt.s struck by a tremendous sea, which stove in the bow, carried away the bulwarks on both sides, swept the decks of every thieg moveable, stove the boats, forward hatch, and caused the vessel to spring a leak. The ship E. C. Scranton, which left New York on the 19th March, for Liverpool, re• turned on the 14th April, having, or the 23d and 24th April, in lat. 38, long. 69, experienced a heavy gale from E.N.E. to E.S.E. While lying to, she was thrown on her beam end•. On the 24th she bore up for New York with three feet of water in the hold and pumps choked with grain. She was obliged to throw a considerable portion of the cargo overboard to right her. After that she ex perienced a succession of heavy E.N.E. gales; was blown south of the Gulf, but crossed the Gulf again in lat. 36 30, with loss of sails, &c., the ship leaking very badly. The barque Baltasaia, which left New York for Glasgow on the 22d March, returned on the 18th April, having experienced the late easterly gales in all their severity. Captain M'Bride, of the British ship Czar, which arrived at New York on the 18th ult. from London, reports hating encountered heavy gales, in one of which the ship lost all her masts, sails, &c. The captain adds :—" I was in great danger when I was fallen in with by the Russian steam frigate Osliaba, Captain Boutatoff, who, after offering every assistance, took us in tow, and promised to stand to us until all his coals were out. At this time it was blowing a north-east gale, which circumstance increased the difficulty of taking warps on board, but the exertions of Captain Boutatoff and his crew were most praiseworthy. At last he succeeded in getting the warps on board, and it was not until that parted that he left us. I take this opportunity of expressing my thanks to Captain Boutatoff and officers for their kind and generous conduct." THE POPE'S ALLOCUTION TO THE EMPEROR OF MEXICO.—The Unita Cattalica gives the following as the allocution addressed by the Pope to the Emperor and Empress of Mexico, in the chapel of the Vatican, before giving them communion:—" Behold the lamb of God, who taketh away the sins of the world. It is through him that kings reign and princes rule. It is through Him that legis lators administer justice, and though Ho sometimes pdrmits monarchs to be tried, yet it is from him that all power comes from Him to whom all power in Heaven and earth has been given. In his name I recommend to you the prog;terity of the Catholic people who have been entrusted to you. Great are the rights of the people, and they must be satisfied, greater and more sacred are the rights of the Church, the spottel.'s spouse of Jesus Christ, who has re deemed us with his blv.:od—that blood which is now to t crimson your lips. You will',herefore, respect the right s of the people and of the Church, will thus labour fo r the temporal and spiritual welfare of ;our subjects. May this Jesus whom you are about to receive :rem the hands of his vicar deign to give you his grace in the a;;;lndallee of his mercy I" BLACRFRIARS' BRIDGE.—We are informed tba, the real cause of the delay in opening the new temporary bridge at Blackfriars for traffic is, that although it has been completed by Messrs. Rennie and Logan in an approved manner, and the tenders sent in and disposed of for re moving the old one, and the securities in the latter case approved of, still the contract for the due performance of this part of the work had not up to yesterday evening been signed, and therefore that until that part of the matter is accomplished the temporary bridge must necessarily remain unopened. RE FEDERAL NAVY.--The Navy Register for 1864, which has been issued, is brought down to the middle of March, at which date there were 622 vessels of all classes in the navy, 432 of them steamers, and 74 iron clads and rams. The naval force is divided into nine squad. rons,—namely, the North Atlantic, under command of Acting Rear Admiral Lee—the South Atlantic, under Rear Admiral Dahlgren—the East Gulf, under Acting Rear Admiral Bailey—the West Gulf, under Rear Admiral Farragut—the Mississippi, under Rear Admiral Porter— the Special West India, under Acting Rear Admiral Lard ner—the Pacific, under Acting Rear Admiral Bell—the East India and Mediterranean, and the Potomac Flotilla. The total number of naval vessels lost, captured, destroyed, or sold since the beginning of the war is 42. Of these 11 fell into the hands of the Confederates,—namely, the Clifton, Diana, Harriet Lane, Indianola, Isaac Smith, Morning Light, Reliance, Sachem, Satellite, Underwriter, and Velocity.—American Paper. HEAT AND MOONLIGHT.—Soma time ago, a body of sages had a long discussion, and wrote numerous treatises, to explain why it was that a lump of metal, if laid on water, would sink to the bottom, while, if it were beaten out into a sheet, it would float. The theories were very plausible, though they were opposed to one another. At last tt occurred to one of the sages to suggest that it would be well to ascertain by actual experiment if it were really the fact that the metal would float under the circumstances stated. Accordingly, a vessel of water was brought, a sheet of the metal was laid on it, and it very soon lay at the bot tom. An example of the kind is furnished by Toaldo, the Italian meteorologist, who, to account for the belief current among wine• growers, that wine, the making of which is begun in the old moon and finished in the new, is never clear nor of good quality, attributes it to the circumstances that the absence of the lunar rays, by lowering the tempera ture of the air, checks the fermentation. Now, if it had occurred to him to expose the delicate thermometer to the full light of the moon shining with its greatest lustre, he would have found that the mercury was not elevated a hair's breadth ; neither would it have been, if he had exposed it in the focus of her rays, concentrated by the most powerful lenses. This has been proved by actual experiment. — Dickens's the Year Round," published to-day. 103 105 10 102 104 10 102 104 90 02 [OO 89 10 106 )0 107 )0 1(8 lo 110 )0 105 )0 106 )0 06 )0 102 Io¢ 106 10 112 107 i 108 30 S 2 550 660 65 68 30 31 61 7 31 41 7 9 2i 3k 34 36 10 101 86 38 31 4 18 20 41 51 di 85 95 ik 1 If 2} 4i 5 41 43 450 470 40 50 31 33 18.18.9 30.17.6 2.0.8 3.5.8 8 5S 3.17 /8 19 9 10 19 21 2CO 210 90 25 35 40 11i 1971 2021 24 24 2 2i LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTAL& Midland Bradford pref: stock, 91 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 94 San Paulo (Rm.), gua. 7 per cent., Ditto (all), 19j FOREIGN MINES. Mont. Aureos Brazil Gold Min. Co., 2} I Alliance (Um.), 62 59 BANKS. Ditto, new, 50 Anglo Austrian, 61 Bank of Egypt, 29} Brazilian and Portuguese, lim., 13 f 12! British and American Exchange (Um.), 33 4 City, 135 Consolidated Bank, lim., 11 Continental, lim., 17 European Bank, lira. 121 Imperial Bank (lim.), 40 Imperial Ottoman, 20j 1 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., London and Colonial (lim.), 15 London and County, 61 London Joint Stock, 48 1 London and South African, 261 London and 11 estminster, 911 Merchant Bank, lira., 2it Mercantile and Exchange. ihn., 18 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lira., 34 24 Mexican, lim., 6 Scinde, Punjab, and Delhi, lira., 101 South Eastern, lim., 51 Standard of British South Africa (11m), 324 Union of London, 57 5 MISCELLANEOUS. Credit Mobilier,' 10 Egyptian Com. and Trading, lim., Fore-street Warehouse, lim., 5 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, 11m., 91 Hudson's Bay, It•} 19 Imperial Financial, lim., 10, ; International Financial Society, lim., 11101 Joint Stock Discount, hm., 7} f Land Securities, Km., 5 London Financial Association, lim., Ditto, new, 151 National Discount Company, lim., 13} Peninsula and Oriental Steam, Ditto, new, 50f Smith, Knight, and Co., lim., 6 for money Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), Urn., 61 The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 1 per mills pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.174 per 41 sterling. Qin comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is nearly 1-10th per cent. dearer in Paris than London. By advises fromliamburg the price of gold is 4234 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.44 per .£1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, rather more than 1-10th per cent. dearer in London than in Ham burg. The course of exchange at Now York on London for bills a 60 days' sight is about 162 per cent., and the premium on gold is about (9 per cent. At these rates there is no prat on the importation of gold from the United States, , SSE Paid, all 100 102 i 103 f 4 103 22 3} I all 100 (100 ' 100 2 all , 160 100 lon 4 _ LONDON GAZETTE,—Last Evening, LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S-OFFICE, MAY 3. Notice is hereby given, that the State Apartments of Windsor Castle will be closed on and after Saturday next, the 7th instant, until further orders. WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, MAY 3. 17th Lancers—Cornet William Watt, from Ist Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice William Rose Wynter, transferred to 7th Hussars. Royal Artillery—The Brevet rank of Lieut.-Colonel E. B. Hamley is Colonel, not Lieutenant-Colonel, as stated in Gazette of 19th ult.—Second Captain Frederick Thomas IV hinyates to be Captain, vice Brevet Lieut.-Colonel William George Le Mesurier, C. 8., deceased—Lieut. James Charles Cavendish to be Second Captain, vice Whinyates—Lieut. Robert Sandham to be Second Cap tain, vice Oswald Carr, placed upon temporary half-pay —Gentleman Cadet Richard Francis Williams to be Lieutenant, vice Cavendish—Gentleman Cadet Edmund William Crippa to be Lieutenant, vice Sandham. Royal Engineers—Gentleman Cadet Richard Ca'row to be Lieutenant, with temporary rank, vice Gifford, de ceased. Ist Regiment of Foot—Ensign Luke Norman to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Percy Bingham Schreiber, who retires—Bertram Eustrace Mitford, Gent,, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Norman. 2d Foot—Lieutenant Henry Waring to be Captain, by pur chase, vice George F. Francis Horwood, who retires — Ensign William Mackie to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Waring—Nicholas William Tindal Bosanquet, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Mackie. 6th Foot—Lieutenant James George Cockburn to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice James Henry. Patrickson, who retires—Ensign William Harrison Falcon to be Lieu tenant, by purchase . , vice Cockburn—Frederick Leigh Grundy, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Falcon. 10th Foot—Lieutenant Richard Johnson to be Captain, by purchase, vice the Hon. Charles C. Chetwynd, who re tires—Ensign Edmund James Young Armstrong to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Johnson— Henry Charles Bitumen, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Arm strong. 11th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Robert Thomas Scott, from the 73d Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Francis H. Macfadin, who exchanges. 12th Foot— Quartermaster Thomas Huddlestone to be Pay master, vice J. Parr Kingsmill. 24th Foot—LieutenantWalter Bernardino Logan to be Cap tain, without purchase, vine Henry Macdonald Burns, deceased—Ensign Thomas Carroll Dempster to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Logan—Ensign Alfred James Godfrey to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Charles William Story, who retires—John Bereeford Hammond, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice God frey—Frederick Carrington, Gent:, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice John Hastings Otway, who retires. 28th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Horniblow to be Inspector of Musketry, vice Lieutenant R. B. Singer, who has re signed the appointment. 37th Foot—Lieutenant S. Lavalliere Curgenven to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice William Henry Parry, who re tires—Ensign John De Rune Dick to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Curgenven—Charles Stewart Hardy, Gent., to be Ensign by purchase, vice Dick. 40th Foot—William Henry Browne, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice George Franklin, transferred to the 98th Foot. 53d Foot—Lieutenant Richard Annesley Eyre to be Cap tain, without purchase, vice William F. Adams Colman, promoted—Ensign William Ainsworth to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Eyre. 64th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Henry Laprimandaye to be Captain, by purchase, vice Standish de Courcy O'Grady, who retires—Ensign John Woulfe Keogh to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Laprimandaye—Charles Stevens Ward, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Keogh. 73d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Francis Henry Mactadin, from 11th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Robert Thomas Scott, who exchanges. 84th Foot—Ensign George Edward Montagu to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Henry Shawe Jones, deceased. 91st Foot—Ensign William Darling Caudwell to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, ♦ice Robert Powell Jones, deceased—Ensign James Thomas Rogers to be Lieu• tenant. by purchase, vice William Darling Caudwell, whose promotion, by purchase, on sth April, 1864, has been cancelled—Ensign George Upperton, from 3d Foot, to be Ensign, vice Rogers—Stsff Surgeon Major John Summers, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Surgeon. Major Miah William Murphy, appointed to the Staff. 98th Foot—Lieut. Ernest Wolseley De Lousada, from the Bengal Staff Corps, to be Lieutenant, vice Thomas R. Devereux Bingham, who exchanges. 4th West India Regiment—Lieut. John Atkinson has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his Commission. DEPOT BATTALION.—Captain Richard C. H. Germon, 9th Foot, to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Captain Charles Caldwell Grantham, 9th Foot, whose term of service in that capacity has expired. STAFF.—Colonel Gloucester Gambier, C. 8., to be Deputy- Adjutant of the Royal Artillery, vice Colonel Charles Bingham, deceased. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—Surgeon-Major Miah William Murphy, from the 91st Foot, to be Staff Surgeon-Major, vice John Summers, M.D., appointed to 91st Foot. BREVET. Paymaster, with the honorary rank of Captain, William Fortescue Scott, 20th Foot, to have the honorary rank of Major. Assistant-Surgeon Thomas ,Lowe, Madras Medical Es tablishment, to be Surgeon. MEMORANDA. Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to approve of the 91st Foot resuming the appellation of the 91st Argyl shire Highlanders, and being clothed and equipped as a non-kilted Highland corps, as follows : Tunic—as worn in all Highland Regiments. Trews—of the Campbell Tartan. Chaco—Blue cloth, with diced band and black braid. Forage Cap—Kilmarnock, with diced band. The Officers to wear plaids and claymores. The alteration of the dress is to take place from Ist April, 1866. The white waistcoat with sleeves, issued to other High land Regiments, will not be worn by the 91st Foot. Lieut.-Col. Francis Beckford Ward, half-pay late Royal Artillery, has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commission, under the conditions of the Horse Guards Circular Meaiorandum of Feb. 15, 1861. BAh'SRUPTS, The following are the only ,bankrupts of commercial im portance in the Gazette : Henry Hewland, butcher, Kingston-upon-Hull Wm. Elliott, joiner, Gateshead Charles Newitt, broker, Theme John Harrison, innkeeper, Stockport William Jackson, joiner, Tranmere, Chester Samuel Howe, builder, Great Portland-street Wm. H. Dod, auctioneer, Farringdon-road Thomas Gilliam, innkeeper, Mitcham John Edwin Shaw, tailor, Fleet-street Andrew Farr Phillips, publican, Edgware-road William Colyer, grocer, Limehouse Robert Legg, coal merchant, Farnham Thomas Clarke, lime burner, Morcott, Rutlandshire Joseph Smith, coppersmith, Birmingham Richard Martins, cattle salesman, Tottenham John Ewell, clerk, Sandwich, Kent Joseph Phillips, tailor, High-street, Poplar Henry 11.I.Rorie, coachbuilder, Boston, Lincolnshire Thomas Monck, fishmonger, High-street, Portsmouth Thomas Dent, fruiterer, Wolverhampton Richard Smith, plumber, &c., Chichester William Richardson, publican, &c., Goldsworth, Woking Jacob Ridley, butcher, Newbiggin, Cumberland Robert Story, carpenter, Newcastle-upon-Tyne William J. Garrard, commercial traveller, Halstead, Essex Joseph Ivens, carpenter, Clifton, Warwickshire SCOT CH BANKRUPTS. Walter G. Haig, grocer, Glasgow John R. Hunter, china merchant, Inverness Course of the Exchange.-.-Yesterday. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 12 0 12 0 Antwerp.. - 25 57} 25 62f Brussels — 25 57} 25 62} Hamburgh — 13 9} 13 10 Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine -- 1191 119 Vienna Trieste Petersburgh Berlin 11 85 11 95 32/ 33i O LegholZ l 25 70 i 5 75 Milan 25 72f 25 tlf Genoa . Naples , Palermo .. Messina . Lisbon 25 72 25 771 25 77i 26 82t 25 77 1 25 82i 25 77k 25 82k 617 62 Dport0...- Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per 0z.... £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) SHIPPING-THIS DAY. LONDON, May 4.—Wind this day at noon—South. East ; moderate breeze and showery. FALMOUTH, May 4.—Arrived—Dunkeld, from Havan na]; leaky. CLYDE, May 2.—Arrived—Tay, from Havannah, Sailed—Beautiful Star, for Otago, NZ—Jane Henderson, for Rangoon. PORTSMOUTH, May 3.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived— Gustav Adolphe, from Gothenburg for the Cape of Good Hope. NEWPORT, May 3,—Wind N.W,—Sailed—Adler, for Bermuda. BRISTOL, May 2.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Francis Richard, from Rio Grande. BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning; Arrived, May 3.—Sibyl, from Catania—Courier, from Aarhuus—Thor and Bellona, from Corfu—Catalina, from Porto Rico—Pauline, Wilhelmina, and May Excel—all from Geno—Heroine, from Terceira—BahthorP, from Alexandria—Marys, from Guernsey—O cean Breeze, from Algiers—Peri, from Leghorn. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Several vessels Arrived in. No numbers made. Wind too strong for boarding. Sailed,—H.M. yacht Osborne, and Live r p oo l , f or the River. SALMON is so plentiful in the North Devon rivers that it is considered it will soon bo sold for Gd er 8d per lb. in that part of the country. i COLLIERY EXPLOSION.—On Alonday morning,Labout half-past s i x o ' clock, an explosion of took p lace at the pit k nown as t h e " White P i t, " a t the Brownhills Colliery, b e l ong i ng t o M r. W . H arr i son , sulphurFATAL AT . by which two persons were almost instantaneously hurried into eternity, and at least eight others were injured, some so seriously that fatal results are looked upon as probable, if, indeed, death has not already taken place in two instances.--Birminsham Post. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF -PAST 4 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day, (WY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) CHESTER RACES—THIS DAY. The Chester Cup, FLASH IN THE PAN Twenty ran. THREE YEAR OLD BIENNIAL. Cutaway Effie — 2 Welbeck 3 Five ran. WELTER, CUP. Despair 1 The Clown 2 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day, BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. CHESTER RACES. —Tars DAY. LATEST BETTING. CHESTER CUP. 4to 1 agst Accident (taken) 7to 1 agst Hersey filly (taken) Bto 1 agst Gordian Knot (taken) 9to 1 agst Change (taken) 12 to 1 agst Muezzin (taken): 100 to 8 agst Lord Zetland (taken) 16 to 1 agst Canary (taken) 20 to 1 agst Oldminster (taken) 25 to 1 agst Tippler (taken) 40 to 1 agst Flash-in-the .Pan (taken) 50 to 1 agst Vacuna colt (offered) 50 to 1 agst Knutsford (offered) Scratched—Persuasion. Arrive d—Farnh am. YORK SPRING IV Weights for the Lendesborl specie, added to a handicap EETING-Miy 10. >ugh Cup, value 100 sovs in takes of 5 sovs each. T.Y.C. Age st lb Hesper Neophyte ..... Gemma Walloon Reindeer Borealis . 4 8 5 Old Orange Girl o. 4 8 0 Cerintha Alchymist 4 7 10 Miss Armstrong Newmarket Newchurch Flying Fish 4 7 6 Soapstone 4 7 4 Amelia Unfashionable 1 Age st lb Venison 4 6 12 ISauterelle Count Cavour Light Loafer Cutaway Birkenhead .. 3 6 6 Waterloo Vanessa Oceola Cour de Lion Windham 3 6 2 War Dance Baktchi Serai Jeremy Diddler Carolus ... Wangle Eye 3 5 12 Changeable Wheldrake Ess Bouquet 3 5 7 Beauty Adonbec Amazonian Cistercian East Lancashire The Salford Borough Cup of 100 sovs, added to a handicap sweepstakes of 15 sovs each. One mile and a half. Age st lb Twilight Oldminster Despair Change 4 7 12 Fanfaron Revolver .. 4 7 8 Double X 4 7 7 Trust 4 7 3 King Charming Newchurch East Lancashire Venison 4 G 12 Age st lb The Clown Persuasion Loafer • 3 6 4 Cherry Hill Mantrap Surat Dr. Rooke 3 6 1 Whitehorn Llangollen Madcap Faretra rRES FOR 1864. ST. Redditch l6 Bath .... 17 Manchester . (Summer .. 18 Harpenden ........ 20 Epsom 24 rNE. Beverley 22 Stockbridge Chelmsford 2B New Forest Hunt 2B Ne wcastle-on-Tyne Worcester (Summer) Ipswich rLY. Nottingham Winchester l9 Southampton .. 2O Chesterfield King's Lynn 2l Goodwood !UST. RACING FIXT Chester York Spring Salisbury l2 Blaydon. l6 Radcliffe l6 Ju. Wye , 1 Maidstone 3 Ascot .. Hampton l5 Newton Odiham Bibury Newmarket July Carlisle Pontefract Abingdon Cambridge Liverpool July Stamford Bright on 2 Brighton Club Lewes 5 Huntingdon , Wolverhampton Reading Egham Oxford .. 18 Dover York August 2E Yarmouth Plymouth Lichfield Stockton Devon and Exeter Derby IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS.---This Day, The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. BOILER EXPLOSIONS. Mr. FAR RAND brought in a bill with reference to boiler explosions, which was read a first time. STREET MUSIC. Mr. BASS brought in a bill with reference to street music, which was read a first time. AUSTRIA AND DENMARK. Mr. D. GRIFFITH gave notice that on the 13th inst., on the motion for adjournment of the house for the Whit• suntide holidays, he should call attention to the permission which had been given to the Austrian squadron to leave these shores and take up a position favourable for the fur ther prosecution of the war against Denmark without any practical check or supervision by means of the presence o f a British naval force. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (METRIC SYSTEM) BILL. Mr. EWART moved that the house resolve itself int committee en this bill. Mr. HUMBERSTONE said he did not believe the people of this country were prepared to give up their weights and measures to which they had long been accustomed, and measures bearing foreign names. If the house had just confined itself to a measure for making improvements in the weights and measures of this coun try, it would have re ceived,very properly general support. As to the measure now before the house he should say " no" to the proposi tion for going into committee. Mr. ADDERLEY thought great convenience would accrue to the commercial and trading community by the adoption of the metric system, The house had already twice adopted the principles of the bill, and he therefore hoped the measure would be allowed to go into committee. After a few words from Mr. D. GIF7ITH, the house went into committee on the bill. Clause 1 was agred to. v ougl:t On clause 2, Mr. M. GIBSON said the clause enacted that from and after this bill the metric system shall be legal, and may be used for all purposes of weights and measures. ti He s thought biu that was proceeding too feat, because no means e of th erifi cation had yet been introduced into the bill proposed to ia establish a new national standard. (Hear.) for the present, the hon. gentleman having this charge ought to rest satisfied with going the in which length of enacting that no contracts shall be i nvaliddeemed the weights and measures therein mentioned referred to the metric system. He did not think that me single retail dealer in the country would go to the expense of providing himself with a set of metric weights and measures which would cost him over £2O, on the chance of a custo mer coming in and desiring to be served in litres and grams, in. stead of ounces and pounds. Tear, hear.) Mr, AYRTON was of op i nion that steps o ug ht t o b e taken to dissemina te information to the public generally as to the metric system, before a measure of this description was passed i n t o a law. He thought that wh a t he propos e d i might be done n about six. month s, Aft e r some discussion, Mr. M. GIBSON proposed that a clause should be intro duced into the bill acknowledging contracts made in the metric system ; and said that, in the event of his proposition being agreed to, he would undertake to publish a table of eq uivalents in an official fcrm from the Board of Trade. Mr. E WART eventually moved that the - Chairman re port progress, un the understanding that the right bon. gentleman ("dr. Gibson) would do all in his power to meet the object of the bill. The motion was agreed to, and the Chairman accordingly reported progress, (LEFT SITTING.) NEW BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE.—The contrzet for the erection of the new bridge at Blackfriars has been given to Messrs. Thorn Brothers, of Westminster, whose estimate for the completion of the structure is £159,000. It is expected that the traffic over the present bridge will be stopped at an early date, when its demolition will at once begin. The temporary bridge and its approaches will be lit with seventy gas-lights• LORD's CRIOKET-GROUND.—The Prince of Wales has headed the subscription for rescuing Lord's Cricket-ground from the hands of the builder with a dona tion of 100 guineas. This liberal act was communicated by Lieutenant-General Knollys to Mr. R. A. Fitzgerald, the hon. sec. of the Marylebonc Cricket Club, in a letter ex pressing the interest of his Royal Highness in the national sport. The total sum required to be raised before the lst June of is iL12,600. S r